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I UNITED STATES A PATENT OFFICE.

XAVIER KARGHESKI, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOOHARLES JOLY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUNG-SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,839, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed May 11,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XAVIER KARGHESKI, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bung-Siphons, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bung-siphon embodying myinvention. Fig. 2is a vertical section thereofin line .90 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the bung.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to improvements in bnng-siphons forquickly and conveniently drawing beer, ale, &c., from barrels, 850.

The invention consists of a bun g having fit.- ted to ita siphon-pipe, the long limb of which projects through the side of the bung, so that the short limb is sustained by the friction of the bend of the pipe, and the top of the bung is left free to be struck by thedriver orhain mer.

It also consists of a bung-siphon provided with means for holding the end of the short limb at the bottom of the barrel.

It also consists of a bung having an adjustable siphon pipe or tube, means for keeping the short limb at the bottom of the barrel, &c.,

0 and a concealed valve.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bung, formed of wood, rubber, metal, or other suitable material, adapted to be driven into the usual bun g-hole of a barrel, hogshead, keg, or

3 5 similar receptacle. In the bung are formed openings B, through which are adjustably passed the siphon-pipes 0, the short limbs whereof are placed within the receptacle and the long limbs are on the outside, and adapted to direct the liquor elsewhere-s21 y for the purposes of bottling, filling other receptacles, &c.

The number of pipes may be varied,butI will hereinafter describe the invention using but a single pipe or tube, 0.

D represents an air-vent,which extends vertically through the bun g and opens at the top or side thereof; and E represents a valve for said vent opening inwardly, and consisting of a strip or piece of soft rubber or other suitable elastic material,secured to the bung by nails, screws, cementing, or other fastening, so

as to cover the vent. in order to conceal the valve and prevent access and injury thereto the bung is divided horizontally, forming the sections or parts a a, and the valve is secured to the under side of the upper part, a, so as to cover the bottom of the vent of said part, and the upper side of the lower part, a, at the top of thevent of said part, is channeled to receive and permit the play of the valve. When the valve is secured in position the parts a a are screwed or otherwise secured together, and, if desired, a metallic cap placed over the top of the bung as a sheath for protecting purposes, care being taken not to cover the upper end of the air-vent.

In the bungis also a vertical opening, F, in which is fitted the upper end ofa sliding rod,

G, whose lower end is connected to a strainer, H, which is secured to theinletend of thepipe or tube (3, or directly to said end.

The operation is as follows: The rod Gr is adjusted so that when the bung is applied in position the strainer 11' or inlet end of the tube 0 rests on the bottom of the barrel. As soon as the bun g is properly fitted to the bung-hole the fluid or liquorflows into the pipe 0 and out of the same, and is thereby withdrawn at the place where required. As the liquor leaves the barrel a partial vaccu um is created therein, and So the air from the atmosphere enters the top of the vent D, pressing in the flap or valve E, and uncovers the vent and forcibly enters the barrel,thus preventing the escape of the carbonicacid gas from the liquor within the barrel. 8 5 When the drawing of the liquor is suspended the valve E is closed by pressure from within the barrel, and thus the gas is preserved or contained in the barrel.

The tube (i may be shifted in the opening B, 0 in order to adjust its limbs, or be entirely removed for purposes of cleansing, repairs, or replacement. When the tube 0 is adjusted it remains in position by the friction of the bend of said tube with the bung in the opening B, 5 without the employment of other fastenings; and as the long limb of the tube projects through the side of the bung, the top of the bungis left closed to be struck by the driver or hammer without injury to the siphon-tube. I00

As the strainer H or inlet end of the tube 0 is held on the bottom of the barrel, every particle of fluid, even to the last drop, may be removed from the barrel, and the short limb of 5 the tube, if too long for the depth of the barrel, need not be disturbed or shifted in the bung in adjusting the rod G to said depth.

Having thus described my invention, Wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters [0 Patent, is

l. The bung A, in combination with the adjustable siphon-pipe 0, whose bend rests in the body of the bung, and the long limb projects at the side thereof, leaving the top closed 1 5 and free to be struck, the pipe being sustained solely by friction of its bend in the bung, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

XAVIER KAROHESKI.

Witnesses:

J 931v A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

